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Sri Lanka to cut army by half after...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 14: Bankrupt Sri Lanka will drastically slash its military, the defence ministry said Friday, as the...
Iran Gives Death Sentence To Ex-Deputy Minister With...
Tehran [Iran], January 14: Iran has pronounced the death sentence to a former Deputy Defence Minister, on spying charges. He...
Afghanistan: IS claims attack outside foreign ministry of...
Kabul [Afganistan], January 14: Five civilians were killed and an unidentified number of others wounded in an explosion on Wednesday...
Over 700 in custody after storming of Brazilian...
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], January 14: ill in custody after radical supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's...
Sri Lanka: Ex-leader ordered to compensate blast victims
Colombo (Sri Lanka), January 14: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other top...
Russia blames Armenia for breakdown of Azerbaijan peace...
Moscow [Russia], January 14: Russia has blamed Armenia for a breakdown in peace talks with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh...
Israel kills Palestinian man 'standing on roof' of...
Ramallah (Palestine), January 14: The Israeli army has killed a Palestinian man as he was standing on the roof of...
2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on...
New York [US], January 14: The past eight years were the warmest on record globally, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas...
PRC calls the priorities of the monetary policy...
Beijing [China], January 14: This year the top priority for the Chinese government will be economic recovery. According to GuoShuqing,...
Late Cardinal George Pell called Pope a 'catastrophe'...
Vatican City [Vatican], January 14: Controversial Cardinal George Pell wrote an anonymous memo criticising the Pope's leadership as a "catastrophe",...
Biden special counsel deepens Justice Dept. in politics...
Washington [US], January 14: In naming a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents at President Joe Biden's...
Kyrgyzstan and Bulgaria intend to develop partnership in...
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], June 14: Kyrgyzstan and Bulgaria intend to establish close cooperation in tourism, the press service of the Ministry...
Amana Healthcare wins two sustainability awards
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 14: Amana Healthcare, a Mubadala Health partner, has won two Gold Initiative Certificates from Arab Hospitals...
Sharjah Award for Public Finance holds symposium on...
Cairo [Egypt], January 14: The Sharjah Finance Department (SFD) concluded an introductory seminar in the Arab Republic of Egypt on...
Saudi Arabia to host 'First Islamic Arts Biennale'...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], January 14: Saudi Arabia's Jeddah is set to host the First Islamic Arts Biennale from 23rd January...
Peru anti-government protests spread, with clashes in Cusco
Lima [Peru], January 13: Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's government that have left 48 people dead since they began...
U.N. chief says onus on North Korea to...
New York [US], January 13: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the onus is on North Korea...
Special counsel to look into Biden's handling of...
Washington [US], January 13: US Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to probe President Joe Biden's handling...
Oil giant predicted climate change in 1970s
Washington [US], January 13: One of the world's largest oil companies accurately forecast how climate change would cause global temperature...
Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden docs
Washington [US], January 13: Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents...
Russia's Putin lays into minister Manturov for 'fooling...
Moscow [Russia], January 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin lost his cool during his government's first meeting of 2023, publicly telling...
Special counsel to probe Biden's handling of government...
Washington [US], January 13: President Joe Biden's own administration named a special counsel to probe the improper storage of classified...
Sweden discovers largest rare earth deposit in Europe
Stockholm [Sweden], January 13: Sweden's state-owned mining company says it has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth...
Soledar devastation revealed in satellite images
Kiev [Ukraine], January 13: The destruction caused by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces battling for control of a town...
Black Lives Matter founder's cousin dies after police...
Washington [US], January 13: A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder PatrisseCullors died hours after he was repeatedly Tasered and...
Chinese hope lunar new year consigns COVID to...
Beijing [China], January 13: When you arrive in China now the officials in head-to-toe protective clothing are gone. There are...
Russia presses assault in Ukraine's Soledar
Kiev [Ukraine], January 13: According to Ukraine, more than 100 Russian troops were killed in the battle for the eastern...